“I had a break-through in my painting when I began thinking metaphorically. It started with a vein in a forehead, then the realization that everything could be vascular. So tendrils of hair became capillary, as did tendrils of light, stripes in a shirt were arterial, a scrunchie hairband a thrombosis. This was a key for […]

The transformation of dirt on a surface into a world of light, air, weight, space, movement — that’s art. That’s the beginning and the end. That’s not to be avoided. Georges Seurat, the Artist’s Mother, 1882-83, conté crayon on paper. Images in this article are included under the fair use exemption. This Seurat, Giacometti and […]